Earlier studies have assumed the effect of tax systems on poverty and inequality to be symmetric by imposing linear … inequality in Ghana. We rely on the Nonlinear Autoregressive Distributed Lag (NARDL) estimation techni que and time-series data … holds for the relationship between tax systems and inequality. Specifically, we establish that, while positive (negative …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …

Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through … considerable impact on the degree and structure of inequality and poverty (see Hauser 2008, Causa et al. 2009, Nolan et al. 2009 …

Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increasing extent, using … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through … considerable impact on the degree and structure of inequality and poverty (see Hauser 2007, Causa et al. 2009, Nolan et al. 2009 …

In this article, I analyze the changes in wage inequality in the eastern region, western region and reunified Germany a … the characteristics effect, coefficient effect and residual effect contributed to the increasing levels of wage inequality … in Germany. On the other hand, the relative stability in wage inequality during the sub-period 2002-2006 was caused by …

. Not only can item nonresponse and unit nonresponse impair important outcome measures for inequality research such as total … substantive results in the inequality research. We find indications of substantial bias on income inequality and poverty as well …

. This holds true for brothers and sisters. In Denmark 20 percent of the inequality in permanent earnings can be attributed …